As you know, I absolutely love having the opportunity to speak with so many incredible television writers. While I had every intention of continuing the TV Write Now podcast, life and larger priorities have taken precedence. Thus, I will be putting the podcast and this site on hiatus for the remainder of 2014.

I appreciate your support and that so many of you took the time to listen to the podcasts! And a huge thank you to my patient editor, Sohrab!

If you’re interested in keeping in touch and/or following my other adventures this year (PaleyFest, ATX TV Festival, SDCC and LOST 2014), you can always find me on Twitter @jopinionated!

This episode of the TV Write Now podcast is actually a vodcast, and my special guest is Bates Motel co-creator/executive producer/writer Carlton Cuse! We enjoyed a terrific conversation about his experience creating and writing Bates Motel with Kerry Ehrin (Friday Night Lights) and “binge watching” shows, and of course we reminisced about LOST.

On this installment of the TV Write Now podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with two of my favorite TV writers – Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt. We first met at the Alcatraz premiere on Alcatraz in early 2012; they were executive producers and writers on the series – and were kind enough to share on this podcast what they had planned if the show had been renewed! I actually had an Alcatraz theory site, so it was quite a treat to hear them talk about their plans for future episodes.

Bryan and Steven have also written for Kyle XY and CSI: NY, and are now on the writing staff of Hawaii Five-0!

For the 4th episode of the TV Write Now podcast, I enjoyed a fantastic conversation with two of the producers/writers from Revolution on NBC – Paul Grellong and David Rambo! We discussed their career paths en route to Revolution, taking a look back at their experiences working on CSI, Law & Order: SVU, V and Terra Nova. Paul and David also revealed their favorite scenes from Season 1 of Revolution thus far, and of course we talked about Elizabeth Mitchell and the tremendous impact that she has on the show!